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How to improve social mobility in higher education
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/10/17/how-to-improve-social-mobility-in-higher-education/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 17, 2016 The report published this week by an advisory group of Universities UK has recommendations which include improving advice given to students and enhancing school/university collaborations.
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Latest Brexit debate in Hansard
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/12/12/latest-brexit-debate-in-hansard/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 12, 2016 On 7th December UK parliament debated the government’s strategy on Brexit. Read the Hansard entry and consult related documents on the UK parliament website .
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Women in politics 2017 infographic
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2017/03/24/women-in-politics-2017-infographic/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on March 24, 2017 Really great A3 size visual mapping created by the IPU which clearly shows on a worldwide map statistics and ranking on women’s political leadership and parliamentary representation.
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DCSSA
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/08/19/dcssa/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 19, 2014 Database of the Constitutions of Sub-Saharan Africa Useful searchable site created by Holzinger, Kern, and Kromrey in 2013. Includes recent and historic versions in full text.
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Bitcoin
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/bitcoin/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 What is bitcoin? Find out using this handy Harvard Business school working paper . Bitcoin.
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Oor Willy
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2014/10/15/oor-willy/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 15, 2014 Oor Willy, Your Willy, A’body’s Willy The National Library of Scotland has launched the Oor Wullie’s guide website for children.
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Hansard Corpus
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/11/06/hansard-corpus/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on November 6, 2015 Website containing nearly every speech in the British Parliament 1803-2005 with some linguistic analysis. Developed by the University of Glasgow. http://www.hansard-corpus.
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National AIDS Memorial Digital collection
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2024/12/13/national-aids-memorial-digital-collection/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on December 13, 2024 Recently released by the Library of Congress this website provides images of the quilt created to commemorate American lives lost as well as thousands of digital letters and photos...
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Bosses’ high pay
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2025/01/13/bosses-high-pay/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 13, 2025 FTSE 100 bosses earnt more money in the first 3 days than an average worker in a year. Get the facts on how this was calculated from the High Pay Centre .
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Catalan Elections
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2015/10/05/catalan-elections/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on October 5, 2015 Get links to resources covering the results and their implication for any possible independence from this elections blog.